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Noun quibble has 1 sense
  1. quibble, quiddity, cavil - an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
    --1 is a kind of evasion, equivocation
    Derived form: verb quibble1
,Verb quibble has 2 senses
  1. quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
    --1 is one way to     hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
    Derived forms: noun quibble1, noun quibbler1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
    --2 is one way to argue, contend, debate, fence
    Derived form: noun quibbler1
    Sample sentences:
    Sam and Sue quibble
    Sam wants to quibble with Sue
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